Welcome to my world!

[SoonerPride]

Allow me to properly introduce myself.
I’m SoonerPride and I’m a bit of an OU fan.
Welcome to my world.
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I have OU memorabilia dating back to 1910 and running through every decade of Sooner football in between.
Enjoy!
Sports Illustrated
In the middle of this wall are four mini-helmets signed by Steve Owens, Billy Sims, Barry Switzer, and Bob Stoops.
I have framed and on display all the "positive" OU football related Sports Illustrated covers. Losses to the whorns and huskers, failed drug tests, arrests, Marcus Dupree, etc. are filed away in a drawer. The glory days, the pre-season hype, the tributes to heroes, and the thrilling victories are all framed and they are the first thing you see when you enter my office. Some highlights are the 1955 Bud Wilkinson cover, the cover before the Game of the Century, and the infamous "Why Oklahoma is Unbeatable" cover featuring Clendon Thomas. This is the S.I. issue which started the "S.I. Jinx" since OU lost the very next week to damned Notre Dame. One cover is signed by Jason White.
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Signature Flag and Buttons Buttons Buttons!

Adjacent to the S.I. wall is my signed OU flag and button collection.
Starting in 1999, I have brought the OU flag to every Fan Appreciation Day. Bob Stoops was the first to sign it, right at the juncture of the O and the U. Other notable signatures in the white interlocking OU are Mike Stoops, Brent Venables, Rocky Calmus, Jason White, Josh Heupel, Trent Smith, Andre Wolfolk, J.D. Runnels, Derek Strait, Teddy Lehman, and Tommie Harris. In the crimson field, some notable signatures are Lance Mitchell and Dan Cody.

I wanted to have all the players that signed in the crimson field to sign in white paint pen. That plan was nixed when Lendy Holmes took the white paint pen and signed in the white OU! d'oh!

Undeneath the flag is a signed version of the mural in the entrance to the Switzer Center. It has signatures by Uwe von Schamann, Billy Sims, Steve Owens, and Tinker Owens.

Flanking that are signature cards and photos of Bud Wilkinson and Barry Switzer.
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Each button display case has a general theme. The first is "I'm a Sooner."
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The case is dedicated to buttons from bowl games.
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The case's overall theme is generic Oklahoma Sooners.
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The case is home to gigantic 6" diameter buttons.
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The case's overall theme is Beat the Hell Out of *! Notice the OU/ * button featuring Little Red. Also in this case is a football player "dangle" made in Occupied Japan, which dates it to the early post-WWII period and a 1985 National Championship button signed by Barry Switzer. Notice the splendid Howard that old drunk button. Also included is a political button for Bud Wilkinson.
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Above the door into the office, you see three Wedgwood plates and Christmas ornaments sold by the Danbury Mint.
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[SoonerPride]

Wedgwood Plates
When my grandmother passed away in the early 1990s, I inherited 3 OU Wedgwood plates. I knew nothing of their history, nor how many plates might be in the set (4 or 8 perhaps?). By their marks on the back, I knew they dated from mid-1950s. I went one Saturday to the Western History Collections reading room on the OU campus, opened a 1950 Sooner (alumni) magazine and began thumbing through them issue by issue, year by year. Below is the advertisement from November, 1956 for the original sale of these collectible plates. A set of four plates would set you back a whopping $11.50, including shipping. Today they are slightly more than that. From those initial three plates, I have continued to buy them on eBay, at www.collegeplates.com, and in local antique stores. I've given away two complete sets and still have 20 on hand. You will see them throughout the office on display.
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Administration Building
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Memorial Student Union
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Owen Field
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Bizzell Memorial Library
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Photographs
Featured here are pictures of Adrian Peterson, Curtis Fagan's catch versus Nebraska in 2000, and me with Barry Switzer, who was signing some of the items on display in my office, and a signed picture of Roy Williams. At top left is a visor signed after the 2000 texas game, signed by Josh Heupel outside the Cotton Bowl as he boarded the team bus.
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OU Throw
Here is a framed OU throw. I thought it was too beautiful to simply use as a blanket and had it stretched and framed like a tapestry. Above that are some of my old OU caps.
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OU Cards and Heisman Winners
Above a Danbury Mint OU table and Tiffany-style lamp, there are framed OU cards, given away for free at Conoco stations to celebrate the 2000 National Championship. In the lower right, above the fax machine, is a framed set of Heisman cards, signed by Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, and Billy Sims. They no longer make these cards, so I won't get to add Jason White to the display. Next to each card is a miniature figure, complete with helmet and tiny Heisman trophy.
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OU Books and Media Guides
I believe I have every book written on OU football. Some highlights are the limited printing 1949 hardcover edition of Oklahoma Kickoff, which is signed by the author Harold Keith. I also have A Stadium for Oklahoma, the campaign to build a permanent stadium for Oklahoma football. Penned under the direction of football coach Bennie Owen, this was the booklet which was distributed to raise awareness of and funds for Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, and included various conceptual proposals for our football stadium. Before this, there was no football stadium at all.
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[SoonerPride]

OU Football Schedule Matchbooks
Back in the dark and distant past people smoked. And though you might not believe it, they smoked INSIDE! To cater to their customers many businesses gave away matchbooks. Local merchants would print their name and the OU football schedule inside an OU football helmet matchbook cover. Though they were plentiful and free, intact covers are increasingly rare. They are housed atop a rather hideous ashtray, purportedly swiped from the OU Student Union.
Also on display is a tobacco silk (upper left) and a tobacco leather (center), both circa 1910-1915. These promotional items were given away in loose tobacco for those who rolled their own cigarretes. There is a wide market today for these items and they are highly collectible. As far as I know, these are the only two OU related items in that genre.
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OU Team Signature Glasses
Back in the 1960s and 70s and even into the 1980s, a popular promotional item was a glass which featured the signatures of the entire OU football team. Also given away were football schedule glasses. The oldest glass is a 1949 football schedule glass. Barry Switzer signed several of these glasses on top of his vintage signature from 30 some odd years ago.
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2003 OU Football Helmet
Signed by the entire 2003 football team.
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Danbury Mint plates and Roy Williams Signed Print
A complete set of Danbury Mint football fanatic plates. Below that is a 1970s-era hand-painted wall plaque. This exact same type plaque was in Steve Owen 's parents' home and can be seen in a photograph of their living room in the book Sooner, which follows the recruiting of and first years on campus of Steve's brother, Tinker Owens. I had this on my wall as a little kid. I think my dad bought it at Gibson's. The print is of our defense stuffing Nebraska in the 2000 game and is signed by Roy Williams.
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My Diploma
Above my diploma is a picture of the 1985 Pride clarinet section, taken at the Orange Bowl.
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OU Pennants and Cards
The next few pictures show sets of free Conoco gas cards celebrating each championship era. Highlights include the pennant to the 1959 (25th Anniversary) Orange Bowl. Also on display are the 1940s era football player with a Little Red decal and his girlfiend, the talking Mattel OU cheerleader, considerably younger than he is, since she is circa 1970.
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Soda Bottles
The 6 pack of 2000 National Championship coke bottles is flanked by 7UP and Dr. Pepper bottles from the 1970s. Empty bottles are rather plentiful, but unopened bottles from 30 years ago are somewhat harder to find.
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[SoonerPride]

Special Moment Corner
Underneath the watchful eye of a vintage Little Red pennant, two of my favorite recent OU memories are on display. The panoramic photograph of the 2001 Orange Bowl National Championship game and the Ft. Worth Star Telegram sports section front page after the 65-13 destruction of the university of * in 2003.
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AP Wire Photos
I've recently begun to collect vintage 1950s-era AP Wire photos. Rather than mere reprints, these photos bear the AP stamp and the teletype text that ran with the photo in sports sections across the country.
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Curio
Some highlights include two Ponkay Pottery OU football stadium ashtrays, circa 1950, several Danbury Mint OU car collectibles, and both versions of the stadium, both before and after the recent expansion and renovation.
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Hawthorne Village
Below another OU throw displayed as a tapestry is the complete Hawthorne OU Christmas Village, available from www.collectiblestoday.com. One day I'll set it up right, but for now it sits rather unceremoniously atop filing cabinets.
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Bowl Programs
On display are framed bowl programs for all 24 bowl games that OU has won, from the 1947 Gator Bowl to the 2005 Holiday Bowl.
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Bowl Programs - detail

Pictured are the 1949 Sugar Bowl, 1950 Sugar Bowl, and 1954 Orange Bowl.
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[nolesooner1984]

I am quite impressed.....is that all in your house? That looks like the Switzer Center!!!!!

[SoonerPride]

Pictured are the 1954 Orange Bowl, 1956 Orange Bowl, and 1958 Orange Bowl.

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Pictured are the 1959 Orange Bowl, 1968 Orange Bowl, and 1972 Sugar Bowl.

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The photograph of the giant flag unfurled on Owen Field on the first game after 9/11 is signed by Bob Stoops. On either side are displays of tickets from bowl games, OU/ * games, Big 12 Championship games, and various OU home games I've been lucky enough to attend over the years.

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Pictured are the 1972 Sugar Bowl ,the 1973 Sugar Bowl, and the 1976 Orange Bowl.

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Pictured are the 1976 Orange Bowl, the 1976 Fiesta Bowl, and the 1979 Orange Bowl. Below are two more AP Wire photos showing Bud Wilkinson and the team celebrating Orange Bowl victories in the 1950s.

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Pictured are the 1980 Orange Bowl, the 1981 Orange Bowl, the 1993 John Hancock Bowl, and the 2001 Orange Bowl.

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Pictured are the 1981 Sun Bowl, the 1986 Orange Bowl, the 2002 Cotton Bowl, and the 2003 Rose Bowl.

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Pictured are the 1987 Orange Bowl, the 1991 Gator Bowl, and the 2005 Holiday Bowl.

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OU Train

Coupled with the Hawthorne Christmas Village, you can make a very idyllic scene of a small town and a gigantic really long train. This train is available from http://www.collectiblestoday.com/ct/...a=true&abbr=hw

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Postcards

5 sets of four postcards. The first two sets are linen postcards, circa mid-1940s showing scenes and buildings from all over the campus. The final three sets chronicle the stadium from 1949 to 2006.

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[SoonerPride]

I may have sold the cars, but of course I kept the most important part!
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1910 Yell Card and Team Photo
The oldest piece of my collection is this 1910 Yell Card. Printed with various cheers and yells, including the official school yell of Hi Rickety Whoop te do, Boomer Sooner Okla U! Paired with a photo of the 1910 football team.
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This concludes your guided tour. I hope you had fun. There are drawers full of more pictures, newspaper clippings, magazines, OU/ * programs, and lots of other odds and ends that I haven't had time to frame nor the space to display. Maybe by the time I reach my 10,000th post I'll have made a serious dent in my backlog and will show you those items on display. You'll just have to stay tuned. Until then,
Boomer Sooner!

[thurman murman]

:eek:

that's a lot of stuff dude.

[SoonerPride]

I am quite impressed.....is that all in your house? That looks like the Switzer Center!!!!!

Thanks!

No, that's at the office. I spend more time there than at home....plus there's a limit on what is "allowed" at the house!

[Jello Biafra]

hahaha i remember you from sooners ill...

i was a mod over there.

welcome to the board.

and just for the smart arse part of my post


just let me introduce myself
my name is humpty
pronounced with an umpty
yo ladies, how i like to funk thee

[Frenchy]

That is amazing SP! I had no idea. Glad you came over here with so many of the rest of us.

[w0lfe]

Incredible man

[Widescreen]

You're a much bigger fan than me.

[A Sooner in Texas]

I'm quite dizzy now.


Very impressive, Pride. You have some very cool stuff there.

[Soonerntxs]

LOVE IT, THANKS for the post!

[Mississippi Sooner]

Cecil Samara himself would have been envious of that collection.

[SoonerPride]

You're a much bigger fan than me.

It's not the size of the fan that matters.

At least that's what I'm told. :D

[KantoSooner]

That is a wildly great collection.

Hope you don't own a similar gun collection, though. Not criticizing, you understand, just saying.

[BigTime1]

Awesome is the only word I can think of. Very Very Awesome.

[soonerboomer93]

I'm going to start hating you

In the, jealous way

don't take offense

[SteelClip49]

Best Thread Ever....That is heaven! I would literally pay you just to see that in person. You are beyond dedicated. I like the button collection most of all.

[SteelClip49]

You might want to get rid of the Howard Drunkenberger button though.

[SoonerPride]

You might want to get rid of the Howard Drunkenberger button though.

Nah, I like it.

It reminds me of why even if Wilson or Venables frustrate me, I can never get too mad.

I lived through the dark times and that button is one memento of that pain.

[cccasooner2]

From "The case is dedicated to buttons from bowl games", an imaginary button appears there. Around here, no one will speak of such a game without uttering an arg and requesting some OVJ. ;)

[Jello Biafra]

Nah, I like it.

It reminds me of why even if Wilson or Venables frustrate me, I can never get too mad.

I lived through the dark times and that button is one memento of that pain.

didnt you post this very thread on sooner ill before?

[SoonerPride]

didnt you post this very thread on sooner ill before?

I've had occasion to post my "guided tour" on three sites now.

Hopefully this site won't disintegrate and I won't have to go through the introduction process all over again. :O

[Frenchy]

I've had occasion to post my "guided tour" on three sites now.

Hopefully this site won't disintegrate and I won't have to go through the introduction process all over again. :O

No doubt!

[tcrb]

Truly awesome collection, Pride. I hope you keep your insurance premiums paid up.....but I suppose there's no $ amount that could replace all that memorabelia. Priceless. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.

[kbsooner21]

That is incredible! Thanks for sharing!

[sooner518]

wow that is insane. obviously you collected alot of that stuff from games, but did you just buy/ebay the rest of it?

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I think that picture of Curtis Fagan is my favorite OU picture ever. Just love how he is framed with the crowd behind him- including Lee Corso. haha. Whered you get such a large print of that?

[theSoonertheBetter]

Is that all you got? lol. Very cool. I could spend days in your house. Not in a creepy way.

[SoonerPride]

wow that is insane. obviously you collected alot of that stuff from games, but did you just buy/ebay the rest of it?

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I think that picture of Curtis Fagan is my favorite OU picture ever. Just love how he is framed with the crowd behind him- including Lee Corso. haha. Whered you get such a large print of that?

Where did it all come from?

Most of it from eBay...
some of it from local antique stores. About once every 6 months or so I spend a Saturday afternoon during baseball season trolling antique stores in OKC and Norman. Most of the team glasses came from there. And the buttons.

The Fagan catch versus NU is also one of my fave pics ever, mainly because Fagan is out of focus and it is the crowd in focus and every peron (except Corso) is signalling touchdown! I ordered the print from the Tulsa World since it was their photog that took the pic and it was on the front page of their paper on Sunday.

[SoonerLVZ]

Very cool collection, I'm jealous.

[SoonerPride]

Is that all you got? lol. Very cool. I could spend days in your house. Not in a creepy way.

I'll let you touch it.

But not in a creepy way. :D

[humblesooner]

Geez Louise! Do you realize that you just invited about 5,000 reprobates to your Paradise/Heaven (Welcome to my world!)?
Better keep the vacuum cleaner handy.

Color me jealous.

[Beachsooner]

This is my first post here. I've been lurking on OU message boards since 2000. That is the most enjoyable and incredible posting I have ever seen. That includes the various "sunshine" posts.

The collection is amazing and encapsulates what it has been like to be a Sooner fan. My first recollections of OU football were in the early 50's. I even remember sitting in a movie theatre then and watching a Den Martin and Jerry Lewis movie that mentioned the Sooners.

Thanks for the posting.

[Crimsontothecore]

Soooo, who's your team soonerpride?

[goodolesooner]

Hope to see you back on OUinsider good buddy. They're waving the fees as I've said in a few other posts. You will be back. This place is like an elementary school, much worse than OUI.

I'm glad I didnt' click that final button to donate to this ridiculous site.

Good grief. OUI is so much easier on the eyes.

YOU SF guys will be glad because it seems like many of you didn't want us over here, including olevet. What a piece.

[SoonerTank]

Very impressive. My collection could probably fit on one picture. :D

[soonerboy_odanorth]

I deem you an expert.

So....

The important question must be asked... ("ask! ask!")...








Does the current Pride under Brian Britt just suck, or does it truly and completely suck? :D

[dwarthog]

Dayum, you just made me double my post count.

Very impressive!

[SoonerPride]

Does the current Pride under Brian Britt just suck, or does it truly and completely suck? :D

Many former Pride members are unhappy with the direction of the Pride under Britt, but in some ways the decisions are out of his hands (You're a Grand Ol' Flag) . Other decisions (like no high stepping in pre-game to Oklahoma!) are his.

Overall it's just a meh.

[Boomer.....]

What no Sun Bowl program? ;)


Very impressive collection!

[SoonerPride]

What no Sun Bowl program? ;)


Very impressive collection!

I have it and it's framed. It is now where the 1910 yell card was.

These pics are actually a couple of years old (see Jello's post above).

But the bones of the rooms are essentially unchanged....

[Jello Biafra]

I have it and it's framed. It is now where the 1910 yell card was.

These pics are actually a couple of years old (see Jello's post above).

But the bones of the rooms are essentially unchanged....

for the record....i was

*looks around*

Openacan there ;)

[TahoeSOONER]

Speachless, well sorta.

Well played sir.

[OklaPony]

Many former Pride members are unhappy with the direction of the Pride under Britt, but in some ways the decisions are out of his hands (You're a Grand Ol' Flag) . Other decisions (like no high stepping in pre-game to Oklahoma!) are his.

Overall it's just a meh.
Unless I have my years confused I'm thinking that you must've been in the fireworks shower at the Orange Bowl. What years were you in the band?

[SoonerPride]

Unless I have my years confused I'm thinking that you must've been in the fireworks shower at the Orange Bowl. What years were you in the band?

1984 - 1985. And yes 84 was a fiasco. Not only did the Schooner get a yellow hanky but Pride unis got singed from fireworks landing in the stands

Fabulous

[Crimson Kid]

That is a thing of beauty!!

Very very nice collection SP.

[soonercastor]

nice :D.

jw how was the name SoonerPride not taken yet :P

[SoonerPride]

nice :D.

jw how was the name SoonerPride not taken yet :P

Been a member for awhile...just posted elsewhere until BB said since I posted on Owen Field I was trash (even though I was a paying member for 7 years)...


Join Date: 7/16/2005


I've been a lurker though for a long time....especially the fark boards. :D

[AgainstTheWorld]

Very nice, Pride!

[Doged]

Truly an impressive collection! I know you're proud of it, and you have every right to be. Thanks for sharing with us!

[RIPOUinsider]

Wow. All I can say is WOW. That is the most impressive collection I've ever seen. I could spend days looking at all the stuff you collected. Count me envious like the others! Reminds me of a museum.

[CrimsonJim]

Totally. Friggin. AWESOME!! Thank you for sharing that, Pride! Spek to follow.

[SouthCarolinaSooner]

holy ****ing ****

[SoonerPride]

holy ****ing ****

I assume that means you give my OU collection 8 stars? :D

[SouthCarolinaSooner]

I assume that means you give my OU collection 8 stars? :D
No you need more stuff :)

[SoonerPride]

No you need more stuff :)

Oh I have two drawers full of more stuff....like decades of OU/* programs.

No room to display it. :mad:

[1890MilesToNorman]

You can't take it with you so can I have it?? :D

Awesome stuff dude!

[Partial Qualifier]

holy ****ing ****

those were my exact words too :D

nice, Pride.

[Sooner74]

Beautiful. I collect also and have recently started collecting my Sooner collection. Where did you get the Sports Illustrateds? I would like to collect a few, but they were before my time.

[nativesooner]

I thought I had a bunch of junk! Very cool! I have most of the SI's signed. Do you frame the stuff yourself Pride? That in itself can get VERY expensive!

[JCBoomer]

I'm in awe once again. Nice work!

[SoonerPride]

Beautiful. I collect also and have recently started collecting my Sooner collection. Where did you get the Sports Illustrateds? I would like to collect a few, but they were before my time.

All the older SIs came from eBay. Finding ones without a mailing label is hard, especially for the vintage ones.

The Bud Wilkinson cover was the rarest of the lot.

[SoonerPride]

I thought I had a bunch of junk! Very cool! I have most of the SI's signed. Do you frame the stuff yourself Pride? That in itself can get VERY expensive!

Yes everything i have has been custom framed for me.

Hobby Lobby framed all the SIs and card sets. They are ok.

But then I found Case of Champions in downtown OKC. The bowl programs, postcard sets etc. Superior work and price. Ask for Coby, the owner. He'll treat you right.

[Soonerman82]

Thats Awesome.

[Crucifax Autumn]

I'm gonna go clean out my pants now.